Clinton Plans Aid Warning
For Russians: Secure Reforms

By

Jackie Calmes and

Robert S. Greenberger Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Aug. 31, 1998 12:30 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Far from bearing aid for a nation in economic collapse, President Clinton goes to Moscow Monday with his administration warning that July's international relief package must be renegotiated to secure Russian reforms before new funds flow there.

"There would need to be a new set of understandings between Russia and the IMF before the provision of support could go forward," Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said Friday. He declined Sunday to be more explicit. While the U.S. wants to keep...